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Gypsies and the British Imagination, 1807-1930
Deborah Nord
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Description for Gypsies and the British Imagination, 1807-1930
Hardback. Explores the British obsession with Gypsies throughout the nineteenth century and into the twentieth. This book traces various representations of Gypsies in the works of various British authors. It explores the histories of nomadic writer George Borrow, the Gypsy Lore Society, Dora Yates, and others. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 817.
Gypsies and the British Imagination, 1807-1930, is the first book to explore fully the British obsession with Gypsies throughout the nineteenth century and into the twentieth. Deborah Epstein Nord traces various representations of Gypsies in the works of such well-known British authors John Clare, Walter Scott, William Wordsworth, George Eliot, Arthur Conan Doyle, and D. H. Lawrence. Nord also exhumes lesser-known literary, ethnographic, and historical texts, exploring the fascinating histories of nomadic writer George Borrow, the Gypsy Lore Society, Dora Yates, and other rarely examined figures and institutions. Gypsies were both idealized and reviled by Victorian and early-twentieth-century Britons. ... Read more
Gypsies and the British Imagination, 1807-1930, is the first book to explore fully the British obsession with Gypsies throughout the nineteenth century and into the twentieth. Deborah Epstein Nord traces various representations of Gypsies in the works of such well-known British authors John Clare, Walter Scott, William Wordsworth, George Eliot, Arthur Conan Doyle, and D. H. Lawrence. Nord also exhumes lesser-known literary, ethnographic, and historical texts, exploring the fascinating histories of nomadic writer George Borrow, the Gypsy Lore Society, Dora Yates, and other rarely examined figures and institutions. Gypsies were both idealized and reviled by Victorian and early-twentieth-century Britons. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231137041
SKU
V9780231137041
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About Deborah Nord
Deborah Epstein Nord is professor of English at Princeton University. She is the author of The Apprenticeship of Beatrice Webb and Walking the Streets: Women, Representation, and the Victorian City.
Reviews for Gypsies and the British Imagination, 1807-1930
A sophisticated, subtle, and highly erudite analysis.
Panikos Panayi Victorian Studies Extensive descriptive passages... Nuanced and perceptive glimpses into the texts and into the lives, character, nature, and motives of the writers themselves. Journal of British Studies A welcome addition to Romani and literary studies.
Marianne Zwicker H-Ideas
Panikos Panayi Victorian Studies Extensive descriptive passages... Nuanced and perceptive glimpses into the texts and into the lives, character, nature, and motives of the writers themselves. Journal of British Studies A welcome addition to Romani and literary studies.
Marianne Zwicker H-Ideas